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  • Nov 21 bolt cutter

    Doomtree- "Bolt Cutter"

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    Alternative hip hop collective Doomtree drops a video for a track from its new album, No Kings. Grab a copy of it over here.

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  • Nov 21 bolt cutter

    Doomtree- "Bolt Cutter"

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    Alternative hip hop collective Doomtree drops a video for a track from its new album, No Kings. Grab a copy of it over here.

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  • Nov 21 carbon-based anatomy

    Cynic- Carbon-Based Anatomy

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    On its latest EP, progressive rock band Cynic moves its sound in a direction I hope shows up on the group’s next full-length. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 21 Album Reviews

    Mac Miller- Blue Slide Park

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    After a series of mixtapes I casually enjoyed, Mac Miller’s sound gets sweeter on his full-length debut, Blue Slide Park. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 21 Album Reviews

    Wale- Ambition

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    While Wale’s latest album doesn’t feature anything terrible on its hour of material, I couldn’t help but feel a little underwhelmed. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 21 blu

    Blu- "DOINNOTHIN'" ft. U-God

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    A music video for a track from California MC Blu’s forthcoming album, NoYork!. The LP leaked toward the end of the summer, but it’s still yet to receive an official release. I guess that doesn’t matter since you can find it just about anywhere on the net,

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  • Nov 21 Electronic

    Zammuto- "Idiom Wind"

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    Nick Zammuto, one half of the experimental music duo the Books, is releasing some solo material this December via a new single on Make Mine. The Books’ late album, which was one of my favorite albums of 2010, was a surprising turn for the duo considering the increased use in

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  • Nov 21 50 words for snow

    Kate Bush- "Wild Man" (Radio Edit)

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    Tomorrow, Kate Bush will be releasing the album 50 Words For Snow. Of course, she already had an album release earlier this year, but this album will be the first LP of completely new studio material since 2005’s Aerial. “Wild Man” is the first track to drop from the

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  • Nov 21 acoustic

    Axel Thesleff- "The Burial of the Dead"

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    The Burial of the Dead by Axel Thesleff On his debut album, Axel Thesleff is doing a lot with a little. The music’s self-produced sound didn’t exactly stun my ears, but the creativity and ambition shown in tracks like the one above did. The 12-minute “the Burial of

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  • Nov 21 dead roots stirring

    Elder- "Gemini"

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    Elder is a Massachusetts rock band, and 2011 saw the release of its sophomore album, Dead Roots Stirring. It’s out now via MeteorCity, and the song above comes from it. Even though this track, “Gemini,” feeds into a few stereotypes for this genre, I can’t help but find

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